Chapter 23– Pieces
Griffon of Canterlot
Chapter 23– Pieces
On the way to the housing complex Gale trailed behind the adults lost in deep thought over the strange sudden dream he had, it felt as if he been in that room and the strange fuzzy bipedal being turning into Celestia was his real mum.
Yet this wasn't his main focus it was the black dog with the dark brown fur around the muzzle, Gale was able to see this dog perfectly as well knew she was a dog. Suddenly pieces of memories appeared before him, each were as a younger griffon but standing on his paws as if he only walked on them and not on talons too.
“She amazing mum! Leela! That we name her please!”
“Sure son.”
The puppy version of the dog yelping and licking his face. “Stop that tickles! Haha!”
Next piece was older Gale throwing a hoop shape disc high with Leela chasing it and him laughing.
But the next shift showed sitting on the mountain top tears falling, Gale wearing clothes. That what wasn't his focus it was on a folded photo of the dog he staring down at it and tears landing on it. Gale refold it putting it into the brown vest on his plush.
Gale stopped in his tracks blinking a few times seeing that the adults were just ahead, he quickly pulling the plush out of his bag. Reaching to the vest he fiddled his claws between it and the plush to find the folded paper, pulling it out between two of the claws staring at it with widen eyes.
Slowly taking it with his other talon and opening it to see the tear marked photo of the black Alsatian Leela. He knew her type of dog in a sudden of staring at the picture, she staring right into his own eyes with her dark brown eyes and large long pink tongue hanging out of her muzzle.
Gale tried to even comprehend how the flash dreams he thought they were only was very much real, it is the only answer came to mind staring at the polaroid photo of Leela. He tried to say the name but squawked, he tried again and again and again.
He growled staring at the photo. “Cub! Gale what the heck are you doing in the middle of the street squawking like that!?” Gilda had came back realising he wasn't with them, she stood before him.
Gale turn the photo around showing it and pointing at it with his claw squawking angrily, Gilda took it from him staring at the photo of the dog. “Where the heck did you get this from?” Gale point to his plush vest. “It was tucked in there?” He nods still growling.
“Seriously why are you so anger?” He point to his beak. “Are you trying to say the name of this dog?” He nods with furious anger.
Gilda looked at it and back at Gale. “That means this dog is... Yours?” He squawks in response and with each one getting louder.
Gale suddenly starts slapping both sides of his face many times squawking each time, Gilda instantly reacted by grabbing him pulling the young griffon into a embrace. “Chill Gale! Seriously chill!”
The teenager thrusting about squawking over and over again with Gilda fighting to keep him held in her embrace, is talons dug in slightly into her chest feathers. She grunted in pain but held him firmly in her grasp.
“GALE!” He suddenly stopped as Gilda screamed at him. “Chill! You need to chill! Going berserk isn't going to solve anything!” Gale listen to her words as if they sliced through the rage he had, he slowly looking up. “Chill...”
Gale buried his head into her chest feathers. “Gilda...” He whispered with tears soaking into her feathers.
Gilda sighed heavily letting him sob into her. “I am not good with this stuff... So just cry into my feathers okay?” He sniffed and softly cooed. “Geez... Not even a day...” Gilda muttered with a slight smile glad that she broke him out of.
Flash Sentry flew over to them landing. “What happened?”
“The cub is furiously frustrated. He tries to say other words but they not coming out as he really wants. So he lost his temper finally and I managed to break him out of it.” Gilda explained to Flash Sentry. “One of them to do with this photo, it seems to be his pet before everything-”
Flash quickly spoke up. “Whatever it is please do not continue.”
“Why?” Gilda raised an eye.
“I am a private ranked guard Gilda. I do not have the rank or clearance to know this stuff. Unless directly told by Princess Celestia, Luna or Captain Shining Armor, I can not know anything you discovered.” Flash explained to Gilda.
Gilda rolled her eyes. “That a fat lot of help. What if something happened to me? How would I get the information to them?”
Flash thought about it. “You brought up a very valid point. I'll have to ask the captain about that.”
“Fine... Whatever... Still saying it again. Fat lot of help...” She push Gale off her chest slightly. “Better?” He nods sniffing slightly. “Good, now put this back in your plush vest.” Gale takes it from her and fold the photo up putting it back in the vest of the plush.
Flash stood waiting for Gale to put the plush back in his bag. “I can lead the way to the housing complex.”
Gilda hated to say it and felt vulnerable. “Please...”
Flash was about to say something but Gilda's instant glare made him gulp.
“Don't ruin it.” Gilda sneered.
Flash nods. “Got it. This way!” Flash walks and the two griffons follow.
“It must have been that memory thing Trace spoke about in the restaurant.” Gilda whispered to herself. “Wish he could tell me...” Gilda came up with a idea as her eyes lit up seeing a supply shop.
Gilda stops in her tracks quickly turn to Flash. “Hey Sentry give me that bag of bits!”
He came to a stop turning around. “What for?”
Gilda rolled her eyes. “Just give me that damn bag!”
Gale tilt his head wondering what Gilda is up to. “Okay... Here you go.” Flash throws it to her giving Gilda the benefit of the doubt.
Gilda catches it. “I'll be a few minutes, keep a eye on the cub.” Gilda walks into the supply shop.
Flash turn to Gale. “So... You okay Gale?” Gale nods a little. “Gilda helped ya huh?” He nods.
“Fair enough.” Flash look to the shop. “Do you at least have any ideas what Gilda up to?” He shrugs. “Guess your confused as I am.”
Gilda came out with a few bags in one talon. “Here the rest of the bits.” She toss the bag of bits to Flash.
He caught it with a wing, than fold the bag between his body and wing. “Thanks, what did you get exactly?”
Gilda look to her bags. “Stuff to help Gale.” Gilda replied. “Sentry lead the way once more if you can.”
“I can.” Flash smirked and walks. “Follow me.” He waved a foreleg.
About ten minutes later they arrive at the complex entrance with Trace being there already and waiting for them to show up. “Shere sid sou sll so?”
Flash points to Gilda and Gale with a wing. “Something they cannot share with me.”
“Sot sharing sith se shen?” Gilda and Gale look to each other for a second.
Gilda answers. “Yep not sharing.” Gale squawks in agreement.
Trace looked carefully between the too of him. Interesting... She even got supplies. I gather she going to teach him to improve his writing skills. Which summarise Gale's memory experience in the restaurant Gilda knows more about it than letting on. Trace thought.
“Sair snough.” Trace let it drop for now.
They approach the guards, the left raise a hoof. “This is for hospital staff only, visitors are only permitted either by advance notice or by said hospital staff.”
Flash Sentry stepped up. “Private Flash Sentry escorting Doctor Trace with Prince Gale and recently hired tutor Gilda of Griffonstone.” He spoke firmly to the fellow guards.
They instantly stood to attention realising Gale was standing by Flash Sentry. “Wow... Seriously wow.” Gilda stared in disbelief how they reacted in Gale's presence. “Sentry his just a teenager, you seriously can't expect these hard headed guards to act like this?”
“You got a point, but since he is at all purpose the son of Princess Celestia the title prince comes with the package.” Flash explained. “So as guards this can easily reflect on us back to Princess Celestia.”
Gilda scratched the side of her neck with a claw. “Yeah but he has no idea of using that title you dweeb.” Gilda points out to him.
Flash and the two gaurds now looked at each other, they turn to Gilda. “You have a valid fair point. I'll address this with Princess Celestia or Princess Luna next possible chance. Thank you Gilda.”
Gilda shrugged. “Just using my head since your not.” Gilda smirked.
The guards seem offended by that comment but Flash raise a wing to them. “She might be harsh but it true.”
“Fine...” They said together with a sigh.
The second guard look towards the colbolt blue griffon. “That Doctor Trace? Seriously going to believe a crazy griffon?”
Gilda grins. “Unless you have somegriff like me that can understand him fully.”
“How?”
“Griffon enough said dweeb.” Gilda walks by them into the complex, they watch only as each of them pass.
Flash salutes. “Carry on.”
“Right...” The first replied with a salute watching them all go up to the stair well heading up to the higher level of the housing complex.
A sound of wheels hitting the cobble surface catches their attention to turn at it. “State-” The guards instantly freeze up seeing who it was that landed. “Princess Luna!” They saluted.
Luna stood before them with her bat pony guards unhooking themselves from the chariot now standing beside her. “Thou request information.”
“Of course Princess, what do you wish to know?”
“Did Doctor Trace with our nephew come through here some time ago?”
The two guards looked at each other for a quick second. “They just went through and up to Floor six apartment 609 your highness. It the home of Doctor Trace.”
“Good.”
“One question...”
“Yes?”
“Why does he look like a griffon?”
Luna rolled her eyes unamused. “Read the dossier guards-stallion. He once were our sister's student, Trace has advance magical knowledge in transfiguration.”
The cogs ticked in their heads and finally they realised. “Oh...”
“Is there something thy must know?”
“Nothing your highness, everything been sorted.”
“Good, come Night Howler and Lunar Light.” One male and one female bat ponies saluted, they followed Luna through the checkpoint.
The two guards sighed heavily. “I thought our tails were cooked...”
“You me both...” The other said. “Let's read on all the medical staff after our shifts finished.
“Agreed...” The first nods and they went back to standing guard.
Trace and the others arrived at his apartment door. “Some sweet some srom some.” He reached up to the side of the door to find the hidden key missing. “Shat seird, she sey should se sere.”
The door suddenly opens and all four eyes are met with another standing at the entrance, sapphire blue eyes off a ginger anthropomorphic cat with her arms crossed wearing a tank top and head band with diamonds on it. Silver white hair pushed back and tied into a hair-band at the end.
“Hello my sweet husband good to see you home and that a good new look you got there.”
She leans down to him and kiss the blue griffon on the forehead before walking inside. “Don't just stand there come on in.”
“Husband!?” Gilda and Flash said with surprise but Gale casually walked in not sure why they looked so surprised or even understand it, he was curious about the bipedal cat he just met.
Trace scratched the side of his neck with a claw. “Shat she ss, song story short S'I-”
“Trace honey come here.” He walked in with the others behind gulping slightly.
“Ses sy-” She stamps on his claw with her paw foot causing him to scream out in pain.
She instantly open up a vile and throws the liquid in his mouth, Gale jumped back in surprise, Flash stood ready for a fight and Gilda just rolled her eyes. Instead Trace glows brightly and in a burst of stardust light the griffon was replaced by the silver mane colbolt blue unicorn.
Gale blinked a few times trying to understand how he was now a unicorn, the teenager knew he is one but never seen the changes from pony to griffon. Seeing this was giving him confused thoughts at what just presented itself before him.
Trace sat on his hunches rubbing his right forehoof with the other. “What the blazes was that for!?”
The cat closed the door walking by the dumbfounded group sitting down on the sofa with one leg over the other. “Simple my sweet love, saving everyone from your screeching whistling.” She chuckled lightly.
“No offence to the griffons but you have no subtle control over that whistling of yours. I know Macaws that are far more easier to listen to.” The Abyssinian bluntly stated.
“Harsh but true... So true.” Trace only could say to what his wife just said.
Gilda dropped the act she was putting on with a big cheeky smirk of her own. “How you been you crazy Gingernut!”
“What has it been? A year and a half Kitty?” The cat counted causing Gilda's smirk dropped with a half growl of annoyance her nickname was reviled.
“Kitty?” Trace asked and got a threatening growl from Gilda. “Okay I won't ask that any further!” He step back a bit. “But how do you know Amber Flare?”
Gilda put her bags down. “Since the cat out of the bag might as well tell them.”
Amber turn to Trace. “Why don't you make some drinks Trace since you know my hobby job already.”
Trace nuzzled her. “Gladly Amber, it good to have my magic back!” He hummed lighting up his horn to show the magic flowing from it as he walked to the open plan kitchen.
Flash looked at her curiously. “Have I seen you somewhere before? Now to think of it you seem familiar some how.”
Amber reached to her leg strapped pouch, opening it to pull out a wallet. Opening it up to show her picture on it with a badge. “Sweet Celestia! Your a SCUAS!”
Gale tilt his head in confusion. “It stands for Special Crime Unit Against Scammers.” Gilda stated the full title.
“I use to be a griff that knew how to get information from other giffons for required bits with them keeping their big beaks shut. I worked with Amber till about a year and half ago and give the information the griffons told me to Amber to sort out those scammers.” Gilda explained.
Amber took a cup from Trace as he sat back down and everyone else did too, Gale gulped his drink down in no time at all. “It was only time and again thing but it worked. Till it came to the Flim Flam Brothers, some griffon sold out the name Kitty to them and they not only packed up shop but gave back all the bits they scammed from ponies.”
“Luckily by name only, none figured out it was me taking the bits and paying griffons for information for Amber.”
“That was all me on that part. I couldn't let Gilda get into that kind of trouble.” Amber responded.
Gilda huffed. “The brothers basically turn tail and ran off to another part of Equestria, they not been seen on the east coast. Right?”
“Indeed. Still... I wonder what those brothers are up to now.” Amber drunk her drink putting the cup down. “It seem our little business arrangement ended that day didn't it?”
“Well you the one that ended it for my own safety. I pretty much hate owning you for that.”
“And you still do.” Amber chuckled lightly.
“Tell me about it Gingernut.” Gilda said.
Trace tap the end of his muzzle glad to feel hoof to muzzle once again. “So you had an interesting business arrangement between you two.”
Amber rubbed her hand paw over his mane. “That right Trace.” He used his magic to zap her in response causing her to yelp.
“Ruffly my mane you get zapped.”
“Yep and glad to see you got your magic back sweet pea.” Amber laughed and Trace joined her.
Gilda rolled her eyes. “Your staying here in Canterlot too? I gather.” She crossed her forelegs.
Amber put her arm around Trace. “Of course, I love my cobalt blue unicorn too much to not be apart.” She kissed him on the muzzle.
“Phtttp!” Gale blow a raspberry at them.
Amber let go of Trace jumping off the sofa landing in front of Gale kneeing down to him. “Don't like kissing do you?” Gale stuck out his tongue showing disgust to the kissing.
“It okay for your mum to kiss you?” He thought for a second but nods. “Kissing you on the forehead correct?” He nods again.
“Your such a critic.” She rubbed her hand paw over his feathered head getting a laugh from him as he pushed her hand paw away. “Oh your not getting away from me.” Amber laughed as he tried to run.
She scooped him up and putting her arm around his body, his forelegs over them struggling to get free as she rubbed her knuckle gentling against his feathered head.
Gale laughing as he continue to kick his hind legs and try to pull himself free without digging his claws into her furry arm. Flash took a photo of the scene before them. He, Trace and Gilda laughing too.
The door suddenly opens, the laughter comes to a dead stop all eyes on the door and Luna stood looking right at Amber with her horn glowing blue. Gale waving happily best he could at Luna unphased by the look Luna had, but not seen by Amber.
The Abyssinian only hope the Princess of the Night is in a talkative mood...
Coming off the tip of her tongue...
“Well... This is awkward...”
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First picture link is invalid/ broken. Need fixing.
Guess Luna has bussness with the Kitty?
Didnt think turning back was that simpel for the Doctor.
Gilda get some nice character building.
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The first picture link been repaired. I can see the image on my end, hope you can.
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Oh when has it ever been so simple? Check back in five days story timeline and you will seeeeeee! Muhahahahaha!
oh my friend if you wish to get a hint look under the looking glass! If not wait and see! Also yep this been my plan since Trace spoke of Amber back in a very early chapter ^^ subtle hints here and there and everywhere!
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Now yes. Thanks.
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I wait and see. Something to look forward to
Do Amber and Luna have a history?
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Luna been back about 3 and half weeks.
We need a picture of Amber holding Gale!
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I meant like, does she have a history with Amber's family or a cat that looks like Amber?
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Hmm... That a interesting thought.
So much background!
Love well done background as much as the story
I assume the color of blue is supposed to be cobalt blue.
Story get a Kitty upgrade
Now i wonder if Diamond Dogs keep Dogs as pets